LOT 3932
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD AD 601/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 1st officina.
∂ N ᙏAЧΓI CN P AЧT, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Α below, A N N O to left, X X (date) to right, THЄЧP' in exergue. DOC 172a; SB 533. Good Very Fine.(11.39gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 33 (AD 559/60). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif; cross to right / Large M; A N N O X X X III (date) across field, cross above, Γ below; THЧP' (star).in exergue. DOC 229c; SB 222. 19.34gr, 35mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 582-602. Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D N m[...], diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large Є; Γ to right. Cf. SB 501A. 1.45gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
